Vincent White v. Antelope Valley College

MEMORANDUM

Vincent C. White appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his action against Antelope Valley College (“AVC”) alleging that it discriminated and retaliated against him when it did not interview or hire him for employment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s grant of summary judgment, Vasquez v. County of Los Angeles, 349 F.3d 634, 639 (9th Cir.2004), and for an abuse of discretion the district court’s decision not to continue summary judgment under Fed. R.Civ.P. 56(f), United States v. Kitsap Physicians Serv., 314 F.3d 995, 1000 (9th Cir.2002). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on White’s disparate treatment claims based on race and sex because White failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether AVC’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for not interviewing or hiring him were a pretext for discrimination. See Vasquez, 349 F.3d at 640-42 .

The district court properly granted summary judgment on White’s disparate treatment claim based on age because White failed to raise a triable dispute as to whether his age was the “but-for” cause of his not being…